Sheet group suspension device



April 2, 1929- s. SMILEY, JYR 1,707,326

SHEET GROUP SUSPENSION DEVICE Filed May 10, 1928 v lmmm WKW attenuate.

Patented Apr. 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES PArsnr OFFICE.

SAMUEL SMILEY, JIL, 0F CINCINNATI, OIIIU, AEESICi-INOB. TO THE GLOBEWERNIGKE COMPANY, 01? CINCINNATI, OHIO, A Gt'lidPOlPadTIlON' OF OHIO.

SHEET GROUP SUfiPENlSION DEVICE.

Application filed May 10,

' i This invention relates to improved filing means and is particularlydirected to a device for group filing of maps, charts, dravvings, orreference sheets of any sort. The grouping device herein concerned isadapted tobe suspended from a rod orthe like and in turn to suspend asegregated lot of sheets therefrom. Various types of. attaching tabs orclips for the individual sheets may be used in combination with thepresent improvement, and one form of commercial type of individual sheettab particularly adaptable for suspension from. the present invention isdisclosed in a co-pending application Serial No. 147,568, filed November10, 1926, by J W. Fontaine, Patent No. 1,687,859, October 16, 1928.

An object of thisinvention is to provide a device of the above disclosednature which readily receives a plurality of sheets in groupedsuspension and which is quickly hung from a rack or support.

Another object is to provide a sheet group holder of this type which isof inexpensive construction and of extreme strength and also theprovision of convenient means for attaching to the group holder inlimited number the clips or tabs of a group of sheets.

Still another object is. to provide a suspension means fabricated ofcloth and stiffening material. suitably lapped and disposed to provide adurable mounting for the common grouping support for the individualsheet-supporting means, the formation of parts being such as to reducethe elements needed to a minimum.

Other objects and certain advantages will be more fully set forth in adescription of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which: t

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the group suspension means showing agroup of individual sheet tabs or clips hung therein. t

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2, Figure 1, showingindetail the fab rication of the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33, Figure 2, showing inaddition thereto a sheet of materialsupported therein by means of anindividual clip or tab.

Referring to the drawings the device, generally described, comprises abody 5 and a pair of wings or flaps 6 hinged to the body, these wingssupporting a binder post 7 traversing the flaps 6, the binder post con-1928. serial No. starve.

stituting an attaching rod or suspension. element for a group of tabs orclips attached to the margins of the sheets to be segregated by thedevice. i

The base or backing of the bodyis formed of a rectangular piece or strip8 of tough, flexible material. such as celluloid or pyronyline. i

A length of cloth or adhesive tape 9 is lapped or folded centrally ofits length over the upper edge of the piece 7 and is ad hesivelyattached to the sides of the strip. A strip of relatively thick bendablematerial 10 such cardboard. is folded centrally and has its folded edgeabutting or extending along the lower edge of the celht loid strip 8,the extending halves 11 forming a base for the respective wings or flaps6 of the device. The continuing lengths of the cloth. piece arerespectively adhesivcly attached to the out r faces of these hingedhalves and turned or lapped over the lowermost or terminal edges thereofand adhcsivcly secured to the inner faces extending to medial pointsthereof as at 12.

A line of stitching 1.3 is run crosswise of the structure along andbetween the lower edge of the strip i" and the folded edge of theelement 10. Eyelets 1.6.; are secured in the respective formed flaps orvvings 6 and are disposed. in alignment, providing in the wings asuitable combination support for the binder post? traversing the same.These eyelets 14 are held or clamped in position by outwardly turnedflanges 15 at each end thereof m aning the respective margins of formedape .ures in the flaps or wings, one of the respective flanges of eacheyeletbeing turned after insertion.

The binder post is constructed in two parts. A. headed sleeve element-16 is internally. threaded and screw 17 is entered into the internalbore. 'The binder post thus formed provides a. supporting cross rod orsuspensionmeans headed at both ends for limiting outward swinging orspreading of the flaps. i

The i nap-holding device as shown is adapted to be supported on a rod errack,

a red 18 being indicated in this instance in dotted lines; [in aperture19 is formed. thronglti the body portion of the device centrally thereofand an incision 20 is provided through the bridge portion. between theaperture and the top edge of the device. 'lhe backing or base of thebody being flexible permits the spreading of theslit bridge portion' andallows the apertured body. to be forced into suspended position .withthe aperture disposed around the rod.

The backing or base is of sufliciently tough material to resistpermanent deformation and is sufficiently flexible to allow easyinsertion of the device into its suspended or supp'ortedposition. TlllSparticular arrangement for attaching the device in sustales have theirbody portions 23 formed in thesame manner. asthe above describedbodies'for the present invention. The ends of'the-tape or adhesivecoatedeloth 2st, however,'.extend down below the lower end of the'bas'e'strip and these flaps are temporarily adhesively applied to the oppositesides 'of a. strip of commercial tracing linen 25 inserted therebetween.

Asshown in Figure 3, the upper margin 2601 the suspended sheet isinserted between 'the linen=stripr and the adhesive tape flap,

the-flap having been raised from its adhesion: to the linen strip forinsertion of the sheet margin. 7

It will. be readily understood that any desired number of the individualsheet clips or tabs areused on a given sheet and these tabs are-placedin the same relative position oni'the" plurality of sheets to be filedin group's so that number of group holders oorrespondingto the-number ofclips or tabs used on an individual sheet is used in the supporting of agroup.

Havingdescribed my invention, I claim: 1.- A group suspension device,comprising, abody'portion, a pair of flaps hinged to the lower edge ofsaid body, said body formed forxattaclimentjto a support, and a groupsupport element mounted in and-between the flaps for receiving aplurality of sheets'in suspension: between the flaps.

- 2; A. gioup suspension device, comprising, a body portion: for-med forattachment to support, flaps hinged t'othe lower end of 'said'body, and;a rod-disposed between the flaps; and traversing the same and adapted Yto receive" a' plurality of individual sheet support means thereonbetween said flaps.

,3. 'A group suspcnsiondevice, comprising, a body portion formed forattachment to a support, flaps hinged to the lower end of said body,.anda rod extending between the flaps and traversing the sa me and adaptedto receive a plurality of individual sheet support meansthoreon betweenthe flaps, said rod headed on both ends to limit spreading of theflaps,.whereby the capacity of the device is limited.

4. A group suspension device, comprising, a body portion, flaps hingedto the lower edge of said-body. an eyelet secured in each flap,saideyelets disposed in alignment, and a rod slidably mounted in theeyelets and adapted to support a plurality of individual support meansthereon.

5. A group suspension device, comprising, a base strip of flexiblematerial, a centrally folded strip of bendable material having itsfolded edge abutting and disposed along the lower edge of the basestrip, a strip of adhesive-coated material folded over the upper edge ofthe base strip and secured to the sides thereof, equal length extensionsof the strip being secured to the sides of the folded strip of bendablematerial, turned over the terminal edges of the folded strip and securedto-the inner sides of the folds thereof, and a cross support mounted onthe hanger flapsformed by the foregoing assembly.

6. A groupsuspension device, comprising,

a base strip, a folded strip having its'upper folded edge disposedadjacent the lower edge of the'base strip and a length of clothadhesively applied surrounding the aforesaid elements binding themtogether, whereby a pair of depending flaps hinged to a body portion isprovided, and means traversing the flaps for suspending a group ofsheets therefrom.

7 A group suspension device, comprising, a base strip of flexiblematerial, a folded. element formed of stiff foldabl'e material havingits folded edge disposed along the lower edge of the base strip, abinding strip of cloth covering the surfaces of the base strip andfolded element joining the same together with the folded element toconstitute a pair of flaps depending from the base strip, a binder posttraversing the flaps, said post forming the support for a plurality ofsheets, said body being formed with means for attaching the'device to asupport.

8. A group suspension means, comprising, a base strip, a folded striphaving its upper folded edge disposed adjacent the lower edge of thebase strip, a length of cloth adhesively applied over the surfaces ofthe aforesaid elements binding them together, whereby a pair ofdepending flaps hinged to a body portion is provided, eyelets secured inalignment in the respective flaps, and a cross piece traversing theeyelets in the flaps, said cross piece adapted for suspending aplurality of sheets. i

9. A group suspension device, comprising, a base strip, a folded striphaving its upper folded edge disposed adjacent the lower edge of thebase strip, a length of cloth adhesively applied surrounding theaforesaid elements blndin them together, whereby a pair of dependingflaps hinged to a body portion is provided, a line of stitching disposedacross the device between the lower edge of the base strip and thefolded edge of the folded strip, and means traversing the flaps forsuspending a group of sheets therefrom.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

SAMUEL SMILEY, JR.

